Early universe revealed at 4 trillion degrees

If we are doing stuff like this now, I wonder how incredible our expirements will be in 20, 50, 100, 1000 years?

 


 

 

You've probably heard about the $10 billion particle-smashing machine underneath the border between France and Switzerland. To refresh, it's called the Large Hadron Collider, and its mission is to collide matter at unprecedented speeds and energies to figure out what our universe is made of and how it came to be.

In Washington on Sunday, I sat down with Yves Schutz of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Schutz is a scientist with ALICE, an experiment designed to examine what the universe was like immediately after it was formed in the Big Bang. He had spoken about the experiment at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting.

Back in November, ALICE announced its latest results about what matter looked like in that primordial form.

The scientists have come to their current understanding of this early matter by heating particles up to some 4 trillion degrees, perhaps the highest temperature ever achieved in a laboratory setting, but not as hot as it will get eventually for this experiment, Schutz said. This is so hot - about 200,000 times hotter than the core of the sun - that it doesn't really matter if you're talking about Celsius or Fahrenheit anymore, Schutz said.

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Using GPS to track students

Ok this is just overstepping their bounds, pretty sure if they put as much effort into teaching and helping the kids as they do tracking, identifying, and punishing the students... then they might actually be helping society.

California School District Uses GPS to Keep Students From Cutting Class

A California school district is using GPS devices to keep tabs on students with a history of cutting class.

As part of a volunteer six-week pilot program, the Anaheim Union High School District is outfitting seventh and eighth grade students with more than three unexcused absences this school year with handheld GPS devices, the OC Register reported.



 

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I WANT ONE

 

“No longer can the enemy shoot at American forces, then hide behind something,” said Brig. Gen. Peter Fuller of Program Executive Office Soldier.  “We’re going to reach out and touch you.”

“This is a revolutionary weapon. This is a game-changer,” he added.

The XM25 has a target acquisition system that calculates range with the push of a button. The data is transferred to an electronic fuse, enabling the 25mm round to explode over the target and rain shell fragments on the enemy.

 

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Hilarious Obituary

Childers, Mary N.

February 14, 2011

Mary N. Childers 76 years old passed away at home with friends at her bedside. Born in Booneville, Mississippi, to Ruby and Olga (Barns) Ricks. Mary was preceded in death by Stanley Childers and her son, Jimmy. Mary worked at Cardinal Mailing, Holly Oak Club, Dungeon, Hilltop Tavern, Butches Tavern, Trouble Shooters for the AW, Ritter Inn, was Den Mother for the Outlaws Motorcycle Club and the Owner and CEO of the F@#$ing Fudge Factory and Cannery. She was an avid bowler and gardener, treasurer and secretary of the South Bradley Crime Watch, and the Godmother of the South Bradley Women's Mob. She will be missed by her bookie the only bookie who made house calls, keeping her neighborhood in line and always clean as she headed up the neighborhood clean up. She is survived by her wife, June Stahl of 28 years. After Elvis left the building he moved to her basement and was holding court. Visitation will be held Tuesday, February 15, 2011 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel, 5377 E. Washington St. with funeral services to be held on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Mary loved and honored all who entered her life. She was able to let people know what was expected and to help all to be successful.

 

 

Go read it over at the Indy Star if you don't believe me...

http://www2.indystar.com/cgi-bin/obituaries/index.php?action=show&id=125590